Palmira District, Carrillo

District in Carrillo canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica

District in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

10°32′43″N 85°35′23″W / 10.5451789°N 85.5896198°W / 10.5451789; -85.5896198Country

Costa RicaProvinceGuanacasteCantonCarrilloArea

• Total31.42 km² (12.13 sq mi)Elevation

24 m (79 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total5,416 • Density170/km² (450/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

50502

Palmira is a district of the Carrillo canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2]

History

The district was originally known as Boquerones, a local word for Anchovies.

Palmira has an area of 31.42 km²^[3] and an elevation of 24 metres.^[1]

Administrative center of the district is the village of Palmira.

Other villages in the district are Ángeles, Comunidad, Paso Tempisque (partly) and San Rafael.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1883	358	—
1892	553	54.5%
1927	582	5.2%
1950	374	−35.7%
1963	1,187	217.4%
1973	1,574	32.6%
1984	2,529	60.7%
2000	3,974	57.1%
2011	5,416	36.3%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

For the 2011 census, Palmira had a population of 5,416 inhabitants. ^[6]

The district is covered by the following road routes:

^ ^a ^b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.